Having tried and failed miserably at active trading, I'm sort of new to the Bogleheads way. I've bought the books listed below and now am trying to figure out which I should read first, second, etc. What do you think? Oh, any great video recommendations would also be most welcome. I've already gone through the Wiki pages here, by the way.I'm looking to invest $300K, and possibly an additional $100-200K, and really want to do it right this time. Perhaps I already know enough from the Wiki reading, but I can't resist reading further.

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Thanks.The Millionaire Next Door, by Stanley & DankoThe Little Book of Common Sense Investing, by BogleThe Elements of Investing, by Malkiel & EllisThe Bogleheads' Guide to Investing, by you know whoA Random Walk Down Wall Street (2015 edition), by MalkielThe Templeton Plan, by Templeton & EllisonThe Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need (2016 edition), by TobiasWhere Are the Customers' Yachts?, by SchwedThe Investors's Manifesto, by Bernstein. I've read some of them. I would not read all of them.Here is an order that I would suggest, but I have no particular reasoning other than the first thing you read will probably be forgotten by the time you get to the last thing you will read before you invest. And some of the books will not help you with investing.A Random Walk Down Wall Street (2015 edition), by MalkielThe Little Book of Common Sense Investing, by BogleThe Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need (2016 edition), by TobiasThe Bogleheads' Guide to Investing, by you know whoThe Investors's Manifesto, by BernsteinMore as curiosities:The Millionaire Next Door, by Stanley & DankoWhere Are the Customers' Yachts?, by SchwedDon't bother:The Elements of Investing, by Malkiel & EllisThe Templeton Plan, by Templeton & Ellison. 1.The Little Book of Common Sense Investing, by Bogle2.The Elements of Investing, by Malkiel & Ellis3.The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing, by you know whoI would go in this particular order. However, If I were you I would start with Bernstein's 'The Four Pillars of Investing' ( not included in your list). Another highly recommended book, not included in your list, is Swedroe et al, 'The Only Guide You Will Ever Need for the Right Financial Plan': it's comprehensive, concise, and clear.

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Bernstein's is all of that plus it's entertaining. I won't mention more advanced books about asset allocation and more specialized topics, but you can always check the suggestions in the books you mentioned or you can post a separate thread about it with some inclusion/exclusion criteria consistent with your preferences. My answer would depend on what your debt situation is like. If you're already out of debt and saving a lot of money (and probably you are based on you saying you already have six figures to invest), then books like The Millionaire Next Door will be interesting but not really life-changing for someone like you who's already living by those principles. In that case, I agree that starting with Random Walk makes sense.

I also really liked Allen Roth's How a Second Grader Beats Wall Street for learning simple investing principles.But if you're swimming in high debt (especially high consumer debt), I'd start with Dave Ramsey's Total Money Makeover book, Joe Dominguez's Your Money or Your Life, and The Millionaire Next Door. To paraphrase Dr.

Stanley, if you're going to be a millionaire some day, you have to have good defense (frugality) in place, not just rely on a good offense (high income). I've read all those books except The Templeton Plan, Where are the customer's yachts (Schwed) and The bogleheads guide to investing (yeah, I know.I just haven't gotten around to it yet).

So I can't speak to those.I would start with Jack Bogle's Little Book of commonsense investing. Don't let the size of the book fool you. It is a densely packed book with gems of wisdom on every page. Jack has a great way of communicating ideas clearly in a way that anyone should understand. He covers the essential topics to successful investing.I liked Malkiel and Ellis's Elements of Investing, though for me it was refresher. I would recommend it though.

The topics are similar as to what Jack and others write about. And sometimes you need to hear multiple people (giants in the field) telling you the same thing. It starts to really sink in that way.I also liked Malkiel's Random Walk down Wall Street. But as I remember it, it is several hundreds of pages long. It is entertaining but gets into the history of the market (tulip mania and other bubbles, etc.) Some of that isn't necessary for investing but it can be helpful to be a market historian and understand that when things happen in the market, it's usually happened before in one shape or another. He gets into asset allocation/slicing and dicing if I recall.I don't remember Tobias' book.

I think I read it but it didn't stand out the same way as the others. I'm sure it's very good and complete. It just didn't leave an impression like the others did.I recommend any book by William Bernstein as well.

Don't let the millenial title fool you. That pdf is for any investor regardless of age.

He essentially recommends the three fund portfolio in that pamphlet, whereas in other books (Four pillars of investing, the intelligent asset allocator, etc.) he's recommended more tilting to small cap and value.I've heard alot of people in the past recommend more complicated portfolios like tilting/slice and dicing, etc. That I now hear recommend the three fund portfolio or a target date retirement fund which is essentially a variant of the three fund portfolio.I think many people including authors realize complexity can paralyze some and many people struggle just to get money invested. So for most people keeping it simple through a target date (one fund soution) or two funds (total world and total bond) or three fund portfolio is good enough (and better than active management) and people can get on with their lives as they put an investment plan into action that will serve them and not Wall Street.Best of luck and let us know what you learn! FYI: I've just discovered the following in audiobook format:The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's RichThe Investors Manifesto: Preparing for Prosperity, Armageddon, and Everything in BetweenWritten by: William BernsteinThe Four Pillars of Investing: Lessons for Building a Winning PortfolioWritten by: William BernsteinThe Little Book of Common Sense InvestingWritten by: John C. BogleRandom Walk Down Wall Street: A Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing (Eleventh Edition)Written by: Burton G. MalkielThey're on iTunes as well.

I might get some of these, depending on the reader. A bad reader can ruin an otherwise good book. If you're looking for books that will get you on the road to long-term investing rather than short-term speculating, I would say start with Bogle's 'Common Sense' book, then either the Bogleheads' 'Guide to Investing' or Bernstein's 'Four Pillars.' The first gives you the broad investing approach, 'Guide' gives you the basics, and 'Pillars' nicely details the most important aspects of investing, especially the history and the psychology.After that, read 'Random Walk,' 'Manifesto,' and the Tobias, Schwed, and Stanley books. EstateEsq wrote.

The Four Pillars of Investing: Lessons for Building a Winning PortfolioWritten by: William BernsteinThe Four Pillars of Investing is ALWAYS on my list of book recommendations. Helps give perspective on risk by showing what happened historically to other markets. Bernstein has a good perspective on risk (although I don't fully agree with his recommendation to address risk)Anything by Swedroe.

Anything and everything.Ferri's book 'all about asset allocation' was helpful to me at the point in life where I was implementing my AA. I liked seeing examples, the light turned on for me when reading his book.

It is not necessary to read so many books to fully grasp the Boglehead investment approach. Pick one or two good ones and then after reading those decide if you want to read more. I find that many of the authors touted here have great messages and principles for investing but use 400 pages to say what could be said in 100 pages (I was a big fan of Cliff Notes in college). They have great investment minds but not all are great writers. Two authors notably absent from your list are William Bernstein and Larry Swedroe.

I have read books by both and found them excellent in content and writing syle. BL wrote:I suggest The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing.Also you can read this pdf tonight by Dr William Bernstein:Looks interesting. I'm 44 rather than a Millennial, but I'm sure much of it will be useful for me too. Thx.+1 to 'If You Can'. It's not really that age specific, I think he was just trying to reach out to the younger generation to get the message out that starting earlier is important. I read it at 31.

He also suggests several books, some of which are listed here, and gives some context for each book. This pdf is what started me down my current path toward passive investment and got me on these boards.Bogle's Little Book explained all the nuts and bolts of passive investment in a way that made great sense.

Bernstein laid out a novel approach that got my interest, but Bogle thoroughly convinced me with his book.The Millionaire Next Door was a bit dry for me, I skimmed it. It tackles some misconceptions about those who look wealthy, those who have high incomes, and those who actually have high net worths. As a frugal minimalist, I didn't need to hear it. If you're like most people who dislike reading books about investing, you will set a resolution to read five and then not even make it through one.

I've read all the books on your list except Where are the Customers' Yachts, and here's what I suggest - just read two books.First, start with Bernstein's Four Pillars of Investing. Unlike Malkiel's Random Walk, which has more jargon, is extremely repetitive, and is informed by his academic bent (leading to a great deal of posturing), Bernstein makes the same points more directly and more effectively. This book will give you the basic investment framework/theory to stick with your convictions.Second, read the Bogleheads' Guide to Investing. It will give you a starting practical take on investments - what type of asset allocation to have, why asset and tax location matters, etc.The rest you can pick up as the issues pop up - learn as you go. And ask on this board. There are various categories of investment books. Here they are in order of importance (highest first) with important examples.

I suggest jumping from category to category as you read. History books with associated insights to the meaning of that history. This is to give you perspective so the rest of the books don't seem so arbitrary. These books are usually quite entertaining as well. Examples:. A Random Walk Down Wall Street.

This is the most important of this category.It might be worth your time to read a few books by the other Bernstein, Peter Bernstein, in this order:. Against the Gods, the Remarkable Story of Risk. Capital Ideas, the Improbable Origins of Wall Street. The Power of Gold, the History of an Obsession.

Inspirational books. To keep you motivated. The Richest Man in Babylon. The Millionaire Next Door. Instructional books with practical, actionable, advice, some theory and usually some overlap with the above. There are hundreds of them. Reading some of the above may help you separate the wheat from the chaff.

Some good examples:. The Four Pillars of Investing, or it's little sister The Investor's Manifesto, a 'simplified' version of Four Pillars. Winning the Losers Game. The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing.

Books by Rick Ferri and Larry Swedroe. Two Boglehead favorites with some contrasting views. Investing Made Simple. In 100 Pages or Less. Somehow manages to explain all the important things in a very easy-to-understand way.

This may be a good gift to a younger investor or a good reminder for you. The Little Book of Common Sense Investing. Charlie Munger, the Complete Investor. What it takes to be a successful, active, investor. It will broaden your horizons. EstateEsq wrote:Having tried and failed miserably at active trading, I'm sort of new to the Bogleheads way. I've bought the books listed below and now am trying to figure out which I should read first, second, etc.

What do you think? Oh, any great video recommendations would also be most welcome. I've already gone through the Wiki pages here, by the way.I'm looking to invest $300K, and possibly an additional $100-200K, and really want to do it right this time. Perhaps I already know enough from the Wiki reading, but I can't resist reading further. Thanks.I would just tell you that don't necessarily assume that to do it the Boglehead way, you have to do it yourself.

I've read most of those books, and even with all of that head knowledge, I was failing anyway in the behavioral finance department. So, there are some really cheap options now that essentially follow boglehead principles (e.g.

Most of the Robos), where you can pay very little to have it all done for you.In short, if i was starting from scratch, I'm not sure I'd even consider going through all of that trouble just to save 15 basis points, and be at risk of my own bad behavior. Once upon a time, this saved 100 basis points or more.

Those days are gone now if you select the right (super low cost) advisor. Random Walk and Common Sense should be your first two.

Both are highly informative and entertaining. Bernstein is good to read for tempering your perceived risk tolerance.Skip Millionaire Next Door unless you need motivational schooling to stop spending all your income. His millionaires are quite Boglehead-like in terms of living within their means. However, his ' research' is very anecdotal and I suspect it suffers from severe selection bias.

He is also negligent in discussing the role luck plays in one's business and financial success. I would add one book I read after having seen the other recommendations:1.

Is the first thing I would read, then Allan's book, below:2. How a Second Grader Beats Wall Street by Allan Roth.It is a bit more entertaining, well written, and engaging. And I have found most everyone I loaned or gave them to enjoyed the book, and felt a bit more motivated to act than reading the more theoretical books.Those two, above, are enough to get enough info to 'take some action', and to understand why low costs funds and index funds make sense. And can be used to make a portfolio that does not need 'changes' or culling of back actors.

But can be enhanced by reblancing, esp in tax protected accounts.I would then read both of the Booglehead.org books to get the big picture on the long term and how to avoid financial predators by buying long term products that are better for the predators than to you.3.4.5.(5. Is the quick and dirty version of 6. ) but if you like details and long books, I found 6 good to read, with better convincing evidence in it. I like evidence, but my boys read the quick and dirty version for time efficiency.6. As noted, is the long version. I felt it worth the extra time.IMHO. All the other books may be worth reading.

But many of them say things the others say in different ways. And the reading list on this list are all worthwhile.page covers as much as you will read in the next couple of years.One last point: If you click the books as listed on the reading list page. Some small amount of the money spent goes to the boogleheads.org site I think. And supporting this site is always good.Best,M. Bogle read it - go back and highlight key points them re-read then anything Taylor has posted in this forum especially his thread on 3 fund portfolioIf you are not convinced then read BernsteinIf you are still not convinced then read his old websiteThen just read Taylor's 3 fund thread and realize you did not have to do anything else from the beginningJoking aside -What you read is determined by how you learn and what changes your world perspectiveWhat non investing books have you read recently?

That will help with tone and level of detail appropriate for learning investing. Bertilak wrote:There are various categories of investment books. Here they are in order of importance (highest first) with important examples. I suggest jumping from category to category as you read. History books with associated insights to the meaning of that history.

This is to give you perspective so the rest of the books don't seem so arbitrary. These books are usually quite entertaining as well.

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Examples:. A Random Walk Down Wall Street. This is the most important of this category.It might be worth your time to read a few books by the other Bernstein, Peter Bernstein, in this order:. Against the Gods, the Remarkable Story of Risk. Capital Ideas, the Improbable Origins of Wall Street. The Power of Gold, the History of an Obsession. Inspirational books.

To keep you motivated. The Richest Man in Babylon. The Millionaire Next Door. Instructional books with practical, actionable, advice, some theory and usually some overlap with the above. There are hundreds of them. Reading some of the above may help you separate the wheat from the chaff.

Some good examples:. The Four Pillars of Investing, or it's little sister The Investor's Manifesto, a 'simplified' version of Four Pillars. Winning the Losers Game. The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing.

Books by Rick Ferri and Larry Swedroe. Two Boglehead favorites with some contrasting views.

Investing Made Simple. In 100 Pages or Less. Somehow manages to explain all the important things in a very easy-to-understand way. This may be a good gift to a younger investor or a good reminder for you. The Little Book of Common Sense Investing.

Charlie Munger, the Complete Investor. What it takes to be a successful, active, investor. It will broaden your horizons.Excellent analysis. I truly enjoy reading your posts. But curious about the choice of Munger over GrahamThank youQJ. Parsi1 wrote:When you are bored and tired of reading investment books, do a search on this forum for The Three Fund Portfolio by Mr Taylor Larimore and start reading the posts.

It will keep you busy for several days and it is very informative.When I first found this site, I read up on the posts regarding slicing/dicing (I head read William Bernstein's 4 Pillars of Investing and Intelligent Asset Allocator and was listening to Paul Merriman at the time) and was trying to get more feedback about whether slicing and dicing was better than the total market approach.Man did that keep me busy for a while reading through all the posts on that topic.Still, I came out on the other side in favor of Taylor's 3 fund portfolio. So yes, I wholeheartedly concur to spend time reading this:and this:What more do you need than that? Personally I've found William Bernstein's books to be by far the most interesting, readable and useful, at least until you get into really esoteric territory.If you've already read the Wiki, you probably don't need to spend too much time on the really basic stuff.I'd read 4 Pillars of Investing, then Rational Expectations and Bernstein's other mini books like Deep Risk and Skating Where the Puck Was.Again, in my biased opinion, there's little covered in most of the other popular books that isn't covered better by Bernstein. If you want to nerd out after that, some of the history books and retirement planning books are really good.Cheers. Sorry to be slightly off topic. If You Can is the shortest book I have read and basically just says 'Do This'. I wonder why Mike Piper's book Investing Made Simple never seems to make the lists.

It is short and,in my opinion, contains enough information that it could be sufficient to convince a beginner that indexing is the best way to go. I have purchased many copies and given them to first time 401(k) investors at the company where I work. It is short enough that some people actually read it.Of course, the OP is looking at more advanced books. JimB wrote:Sorry to be slightly off topic. If You Can is the shortest book I have read and basically just says 'Do This'. I wonder why Mike Piper's book Investing Made Simple never seems to make the lists. It is short and,in my opinion, contains enough information that it could be sufficient to convince a beginner that indexing is the best way to go.

I have purchased many copies and given them to first time 401(k) investors at the company where I work. It is short enough that some people actually read it.Of course, the OP is looking at more advanced books.My impression is that all of the OP's listed books are actually books for beginners.

But it's good that you've suggested a possibly even more introductory book. All of the books listed by the OP are excellent books. I am not smart enough to suggest an order for reading them.

I would like to add one to the pile - The Coffeehouse Investor (original version) by Bill Schultheis was one of my first investing books. It is a quick read that provides great advice and fun stories (even a recipe for pumpkin pie). While it doesn't sounds serious, it is a quality book that put investing in it's proper place in life. Schultheis provides sound principles for indexing one's portfolio, supports investor resiliency through bull and bear markets, and encourages people to fully engage in the important things in life. It is one of my all time favorites that I pick up now and again to maintain perspective.

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